Mom designs bike helmets for children that accommodates Sikh religious practices

Sports equipment manufacturers are getting better at adapting to the diverse needs of their clientele. But when a Canadian mother of the Sikh faith looked for a helmet to accommodate her son’s topknot hairstyle, she couldn’t find one. Anita Elash reports that this Ontario woman ended up designing her own. 

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